Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-01-14
THE BOYS WHO WORE THE BLUE.
Notes From the Grand Army Posts In Yer
mont,

makes IA total of about 80. Ten new mem
bers have been voted into the company.
The Estey guard have chosen f. w
Childs captain in place of &. II. Bond,
promoted to be major NJ b. Savory, LIST
lieutenant and ;. A. Austin 2d lieuten-
ant.
The Grand Army Post of Bellows Fails
will have campfire at their hall on the
evening of the 18th inst. The ladies of the
relief corps will assist
George c. Randall Post at Woodstock
will hold another campfire some time this
month.
a Christmas tree and gathering at g.
A. r. hall at Springfield was largely at
tended on Christmas night, and "A more
pleasant time has not been had for a long
while. number OF costly presents were
noticed and the tree was crowded. The
officers of the post all had gold pins, with
rank badge, that were very nice and en-
penSive.
1t is quite definitely settled that the an
nual convention of thedepartment of Yer
mont Woman's Relief corps Will be on
February o and 10, at Bennington. The
reception will be held in buildings pre-
sented for soldiers home.
At the fair held at Windsor recently to
procure funds for furnishing a room in
the Home, the sum of Sl20 was realized.
Birchard Post at Townshend held an en-
telt Iinment at the town hall Tuesday
evening, January 4 There was a lecture
upon Gettysburg by f. j. Hosmer of
Greenfield. Mass, Il member of Co. |, 4th
Vermont The evening closed with a
supper furnished by the ladies.
Mrs. Ann l.. Gilmore has been elected
president of the w. r. c. at Andover.
At recent meeting of the Addison
county veterans, it was decided to hold
the next reunion at Nergennes, on the fair
II. l,..tt In,
The &. A. r. in Vermont now embraces
IS posts and membership of 1861, an in
crease of seven posts and nearly 800 mem
bers during the war.
General Logan's last visit to Vermont
was in October, 1885, when he attended a
Woman's Relief Corps fair in st. Johns
bury, at the invitation OF the local &. y.
X. post, and spoke ON Gen Grant before
1900 persons. refusing to take money, even
for his expenses.
The Orange county veterans are deter
mined to revive their county reunion so
ciety, but many of them like the idea of
having Il permanent reunion ground SOr
the State. An Orange correspondent
writes Some G.. \ II. men are nam
ing Comrade Sanford H Potter rs depart
ment commander. Those naming him
for the position are stalwart republicans,
but they say it is best to elect IA demo
crat and prove that the G.. y. X. knows no
party. COmradr Potter would make a
good commander"
The town of Stowe furnished Isl enlist
ed men, II of whom were killed, 1 died of
wounds, - of disease, died in Anderson
willie and committed suicide. The
amount expended by Stowe for bOunties
and expenses was S2S 900, equal to Sl3 30
for each man, woman and child in town
according to the census of 1860, and about
800 per cent of the grand list of the town
i'll 1865.
Stowe furnished A volunteers tor the
war of 1872, large number, when it is
known that there were but 90 families
resident in the town at the time.
Several Posts in Lamoile county are
arranging memorial exercises for General
Logan.
Friday, January !, North Star Dramatic
club :, performed "Lura the pauper" at
Mort Hyde Park under the auspices of
Aaron keeler Post, No. 10, q. a. r.
The Bakersfield q. a. II. Post are ar
ranging to give the war drama "Tried
aud True" and Hyde Park soon.
Eli Ellinwood was the first man to en-
list from the town of Cambridge; some of
Post 10 say, 'that was Ellinwood's luck
he happened to stand first in the line Of
boys eager and waiting to give in their
names"
Spell Seeey OF Cambridge, who has car
ried a bullet in his shoulder since "a,
sturdily refused Il pension us long as he
could work, saying he had been paid once
for what he did and that he was no beg
gar. He is now i'll receipt of a pension,
but no back pay.
Pensions nave recently been granted to
Nermonters as follows:
Nathan Wheeler, Gouldsvlle, :l2 a
month and $40 arrears Stephen d.
Blake. guardian for children of William
Goodell, deceased, SIS a month and $3.50
arrears William H. Chaplin, North Mont
pelier, 81 month and $50 arrears AlouZo
j. Douglass, Morrlsville, - a month and
S44 arrears Nelson johnson, Orange, 81
month and $50 arrears Curtis b. Whit
9ey, Orange, an increase from - to 81
a month and $40 arrears NJ. c.
Vance, GrotOn, 81 month and
1913 arrears John Whpple, Eden,
an increase from 81 to SIP a
month, granted after an appeal TO the sec
rotary OF the Interior ; stephan Putnam,
Jr, Boltonville, an increase from IS to SIG
"A month; Israel b. Clark, Gouldsville, AN
increase from S24 TO $50 month and Sl32
arrears, granted on an appeal to the score
Larry of the interior; Orl NJ Town, Barre
an Increase from - to SO a mouth; Henry
II. Moore, Warren, an Increase from 81 to
81 Il month aud 1904 arrears Reuben Row
lin, an Increase from 81 to 81 IA
month; Ransford G. Coburn, RoX-
bury, an increase from s. to IS month !;
Albert Eastman, Braintree, IS month
and 1880 arrears; Levi w. Seaver Wait $
field, - month and S95 arrears George
w. WISE Barre, an increase from 81 to IS
month and Sl20 arrears; Nelson John
son, Orange, So Il month and $3.50 arrears :;
Curtis b. Whitney, Barre, increase of 81 "a
month and $40 arrears Harrison George
Morrisvllle, increase to S24 IA month and
$500 arrears
According to the official report of ,he
commissioner of pensions, there are 5000
veteran eX soldiers of the Union now in
the poor houses of the country, and many
thousands more who are dependent on
charity
A Lincoln Young Man Badly Frozen.
BRISTOL, Jan. l0.-Thomas Burke of
Lincoln, aged 20, was found early Sunday
morning with his limbs frozen solid be
low the knees and his face and hands
badly frost bitten He started to 90 from
James Coughlin's of Lincoln to Richard
Browns across the lots, distance of
about a third of a mile The Indications